Serious Acadian & French Canadian researchers in the genealogical communities encourage mtDNA testing so that some of the *Unknown* origins of some of our Ancestors can finally come to light. The more people are tested for a particular line, the better.

My thanks to all who have given permission to post their mtDNA Haplogroup results to the Acadian Ancestral Home. No results are posted without the permission of those who have been tested.

The results provide proof to origins long believed to be what the results are now showing us - that is either European or Amerindian. Some will dispute the findings based on "hearsay" of others that has long circulated without any proof whatsoever. DNA/mtDNA results speak the truth. Both kinds of DNA change at extremely slow rates, so that a change (mutation) that occurred a long time ago (thousands of years) can be traced to today. Each different haplogroup, and each subdivision, represents a mutation that occurred at some time in the past, and that has then been transmitted to descendants to today. So I don't think one should say that it does not change, but that change occurs slowly and that, once a change (mutation) has occurred in some person, it is carried by that person's descendants. We need to come together and encourage others to be tested and support these findings/test results.

If you have been mtDNA tested, the Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home would really like to post your results on this page.